[SEDXC] Fw: Re:Article about Museum for Members of the SE DX Club

[James R. Kauten, MD, W4TE]

FYI, Jim Kauten, MD

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Travis" <olg77tr@buncombe.main.nc.us>
> To: "James R. Kauten, MD, W4TE" <w4te@kauten.com>
> Cc: "Carl Smith, N4AA" <N4AA@dxpub.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re:Article about Museum for Members of the SE DX Club
>
>
> > Thanks,  we would really appreciate it your including it in the
Reflector!
> >
> > I am enclosing  an article  that may be slightly different from the one
I
> > sent, but has pictures with it that tie to the article.  This is a DOC
> > file....... but I also have it in TXT and RTF if you prefer one of
> > those.....
> >
> > I may send you one other recent picture of radios on shelves...
> >
> > I have heard of the "Reflector" .... if it is emailed  I would certainly
> > appreciate a copy to show our other members here in Asheville!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > John Travis, W4QCF, Sec-Treas
> > Southern Appalachian Radio Museum,
> > Asheville, NC
> >
>
FYI...
Jim Kauten, MD


Love of Radio Brings Museum Alive



It started with a dream - when a small group of radio amateurs in

Asheville, NC began to talk about starting a radio museum - and in the late
summer of 2001 the museum was dedicated. The Southern

Appalachian Radio Museum (SARM) has many examples of early radios on display
such as Atwater-Kent, Philco, Crosley, Silvertone, home-built

equipment, and amateur radio equipment such as Hammarlund, Hallicrafters,
Heathkit and even a "Gibson Girl"....a transmitter from the WW II era that
could send a distress signal from the lifeboat of  a downed airman or
seaman..



Visitors often see radios that they or their parents owned years ago nestled
among the many pieces of equipment graciously donated by people interested
in preserving the history of radio. The museum is located in the Elm
Building at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College - in space
generously provided by the school.



         (Picture of Carl Smith on the Mike on Opening Day)



    Pictured is N4AA Carl Smith, SARM President,

    W4AFM Bill Hayes's granddaughter Gaylen

    Ehrlichman, Hayes's great grandchildren Dustin

    and Catherine Ehrlichman.



Since an article appeared in a radio magazine in January, many

people have visited the museum and donated both equipment and funds
generously - the only requirement for entrance is an  interest in the
history of radio.



     (Picture of Museum Shelves/Various Equipments)



Perhaps most important is that everyone has a special opportunity to
directly participate in the birth of this new museum that is totally
dedicated to the history of radio and which includes not only radios
listened to in years gone by, but also amateur radio equipment plus an
operating ham station! In any event, there may not be another museum open to
the public like it in the Southeast.



The museum has received a small initial grant from the American Radio Relay
League, who have left the door open for matching funds on a one for one
basis, so every dollar contributed(as well as equipment) is very

Important.  It will take time, but the Museum's  goal is to have a "home of
our own" accessible to the thousands of visitors who come to Asheville each
year to enjoy the marvelous scenery found in the area - not only the famous
Biltmore Estate but also many other attractions of the Blue Ridge

and Great Smoky Mountains.



The future home of the museum will have sufficient space for student and
other tours as well as for the growing equipment

inventory. Smith points out that all donations are tax deductible to the
full

extent of the law since the museum is a tax-deductible 501(c)(3) non-profit
entity approved by the IRS and are gratefully acknowledged in writing.  The
SARM also has an operating amateur radio station,  W4AFM. This was the call
of a well-known and accomplished code operator who lived in Asheville for
many years, Bill Hayes. Bill was a

friend who trained and helped many people enter the amateur radio hobby and
obtain their amateur operator license. In 1939, a World Championship
Telegrapher contest was held in Asheville with many

attending. Bill participated with a code retention rate of over 60 words per
minute, but it was won by Ted McElroy at 75.2 words per minute, a record
that still stands today.



You will find directions to the museum at www.saradiomuseum.org and find
that although it is officially open on Wednesday afternoon from

1-4pm, volunteers will gladly give you a free tour if you call. If you have
any questions or would like a brochure, call Carl Smith, N4AA, President,
whose efforts  made the museum possible, 828-683-4251; Borden

Sabiston, K7DXF, 828-645-9472; Clint Gorman, K4KRB,

828-299-1276 or John Travis, W4QCF, 828-298-1847.



Submitted by John Travis, Sec-Treasurer,

Email: olg77tr@buncombe.main.nc.us









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